1 Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. 3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. 4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. 6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD. 7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people? 8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
9 ¶ Shall I not visit them for these things ? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 10 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone. 11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
12 ¶ Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through? 13 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; 14 But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: 15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. 16 I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
17 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women , that they may come: 18 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. 19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out. 20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation. 21 For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets. 22 Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them .
23 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: 24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
25 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; 26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
1 Kaut man būtu ceļinieka miteklis dziļi tuksnesī, tad es atstātu savu tautu un aizietu no tās! Jo tās locekļi visi ir laulīoas pārkāpēji, krāpnieku savienība.
2 „Viņi sasprindzina savu mēli kā stopu: ar meliem, ne ar patiesību viņi kļuvuši vareni un valda kā kungi pār zemi, jo tie dodas no ļaunuma uz ļaunumu, bet Mani tie nepazīst!“ —saka tas Kungs.
3 „Sargaities ikviens no sava drauga un nepaļaujieties uz brāļiem! Jo katrs brālis krāpj un māna, un katrs draugs aprunā un apmelo.
4 Tie apkrāpj cits citu un nerunā patiesību; viņu mēle pieradusi pie meliem, un viņi nopūlas rīkoties netaisni, viņi pat nevar citādi.
5 Varmācība kraujas uz varmācību, roku rokā iet viltība un liekulība. Tie negrib Mani pazīt!“ —tā salta tas Kungs.
6 Tādēļ tas Kungs Cebaots arī saka: „Redzi, Es tos kausēšu un dzidrināšu! Jo ko Es citu lai daru ar savas tautas meitu?
7 Viņu mēle ir nāvīga bulta, viņu mutes vārdi ir viltus. Ar savu tuvāku tie runā miermīlīgi, bet savā sirdī tam izliek valgus.
8 Vai tad Es to lai nesodītu?“ —saka tas Kungs, —„jeb vai Es lai neatriebtos tādai tautai kā šī?“
9 Man jāraud un jāskumst par kalniem, jādzied sēru dziesma par tuksneša ganībām, jo tās ir par kailatnēm kļuvušas, neviens tur vairs nestaigā; ganāma pulka balss tur nav dzirdama; putni ir aizskrējuši; lopi tās atstājuši, aizgājuši!
10 „Arī Jeruzālemi Es darīšu par drupu kaudzi, šakaļiem par mājokli, un Jūdas ciemus un pilsētas Es pārvērtīšu par tuksnešainām nomalēm, kur neviens nedzīvo!“
11 Kas ir tik gudrs, ka to var saprast, un kam tā Kunga mute sacījusi, ka tas varētu paskaidrot, kādēļ zeme gājusi bojā un stāv izkaltusi un kaila kā tuksnesis, kur neviens nestaigā?
12 Tas Kungs ir sacījis: „Tādēļ ka tie atmeta manus baušļus, ko Es tiem devu, un neklausīja manu balsi un nedzīvoja pēc tās,
13 Bet turējās pie savas nepakļāvīgās un nepielaidīgās sirds un kalpoja baāliem, kā tie to mācījušies no saviem tēviem,“
14 Tādēļ saka tas Kungs Cebaots, Israēla Dievs: „Es ēdināšu šo tautu ar vērmelēm un dzirdināšu to ar indīgu dzērienu,
15 Un Es izklīdināšu tos pagānu tautu starpā, ko nedz tie, nedz viņu tēvi nepazina, un likšu, lai tiem pa pēdām seko vajātājs zobens, kamēr Es tos nebūšu iznīcinājis!“
16 Tā saka tas Kungs Cebaots: „Ņemiet to vērā un aiciniet žēlotājas raudu sievas, lai tās nāk, pasauciet gudrās sievas, lai arī tās atnāk
17 Un steigšus uzsāk par mums žēlabu pilnu sēru dziesmu, ka mūsu acis un skropstas izplūst asarās un mūsu acu vāki pildās bagātīgi ar mitrumu!“ —
18 Klau! Sēru dziesmas atskan no Ciānas: „Ak kā mēs esam izpostīti, kādas varmācības esam pārcietuši un cik dziļā kauna pilnā pazemojumā esam krituši! Jo mums jāatstāj šī zeme; mūsu mitekļus mums nolīdzināja ar zemi!“ —
19 Klausaities, sievas, tā Kunga vārdu, un lai jūsu ausis uzņem Viņa mutes vārdu! Mācait savām meitām žēlabu pilnu sēru dziesmu un cita citai kapa dziesmu:
20 „Nāve ir iekāpusi pa mūsu logiem, tā ir ielauzusies mūsu skaistajos namos, ir aizrāvusi bērnus no ielām un jaunekļus no tirgus laukumiem!“ —
21 Sludini: „Tā saka tas Kungs: Līķi gulēs kā mēsli tīrumā un kā kūļi aiz pļāvēja, un neviens tos nepacels!“
22 Tā saka tas Kungs: „Gudrais lai nelielās ar savu gudrību, stiprais lai nelielās ar savu spēku, bagātais lai nelielās ar savu bagātību!
23 Bet kas grib lielīties, lai lielās ar savu atziņu, ka viņš Mani pazīst un zina, ka Es esmu tas Kungs, kas uztur virs zemes žēlastību, patiesību un taisnību; jo uz tādiem Man ir labs prāts“, —saka tas Kungs.
24 „Redzi, nāks dienas“, —saka tas Kungs, —„kad Es saukšu pie atbildības visus, kas kaut būdami apgraizīti, taču būtībā ir neapgraizīti:
25 Ēģipti un Jūdu, Ēdomu, amonitiešus un moābiešus un visus, kam ap deniņiem apcirpti mati, kas dzīvo tuksnesī. Gan visas pagānu tautas ir neapgraizītas, bet visam Israēla namam ir neapgraizīta sirds!“
